diff --git a/Documentation/sphinx/kernel_feat.py b/Documentation/sphinx/kernel_feat.py
index e3a51867f27b..aaac76892ceb 100644
--- a/Documentation/sphinx/kernel_feat.py
+++ b/Documentation/sphinx/kernel_feat.py
@@ -40,9 +40,11 @@ import sys
 from docutils import nodes, statemachine
 from docutils.statemachine import ViewList
 from docutils.parsers.rst import directives, Directive
-from docutils.utils.error_reporting import ErrorString
 from sphinx.util.docutils import switch_source_input
 
+def ErrorString(exc):  # Shamelessly stolen from docutils
+    return f'{exc.__class__.__name}: {exc}'
+
 __version__  = '1.0'
 
 def setup(app):
diff --git a/Documentation/sphinx/kernel_include.py b/Documentation/sphinx/kernel_include.py
index 1e566e87ebcd..641e81c58a8c 100755
--- a/Documentation/sphinx/kernel_include.py
+++ b/Documentation/sphinx/kernel_include.py
@@ -35,13 +35,15 @@
 import os.path
 
 from docutils import io, nodes, statemachine
-from docutils.utils.error_reporting import SafeString, ErrorString
 from docutils.parsers.rst import directives
 from docutils.parsers.rst.directives.body import CodeBlock, NumberLines
 from docutils.parsers.rst.directives.misc import Include
 
 __version__  = '1.0'
 
+def ErrorString(exc):  # Shamelessly stolen from docutils
+    return f'{exc.__class__.__name}: {exc}'
+
 # ==============================================================================
 def setup(app):
 # ==============================================================================
@@ -112,7 +114,7 @@ class KernelInclude(Include):
             raise self.severe('Problems with "%s" directive path:\n'
                               'Cannot encode input file path "%s" '
                               '(wrong locale?).' %
-                              (self.name, SafeString(path)))
+                              (self.name, path))
         except IOError as error:
             raise self.severe('Problems with "%s" directive path:\n%s.' %
                       (self.name, ErrorString(error)))
diff --git a/Documentation/sphinx/maintainers_include.py b/Documentation/sphinx/maintainers_include.py
index d31cff867436..519ad18685b2 100755
--- a/Documentation/sphinx/maintainers_include.py
+++ b/Documentation/sphinx/maintainers_include.py
@@ -22,10 +22,12 @@ import re
 import os.path
 
 from docutils import statemachine
-from docutils.utils.error_reporting import ErrorString
 from docutils.parsers.rst import Directive
 from docutils.parsers.rst.directives.misc import Include
 
+def ErrorString(exc):  # Shamelessly stolen from docutils
+    return f'{exc.__class__.__name}: {exc}'
+
 __version__  = '1.0'
 
 def setup(app):